Branch

Bay Area

June 30, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM

volunteers work to write letters to senior homes.

​

Detroit

August 15, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿. Their warehouse is where all of their behind the scenes work happens. (𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭) 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯 𝗽𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝗽𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟴 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 1. Prepping their blanket kits 2. Quality check on those blankets 3. Folding the blankets after final check 4.Wrapped them up with plastic wrap 5. Packed them in kits for final delivery to hospitals. 6. Coloring the thank you cards that they were doing for Hug buddy post cards for mental health people that is for Viewspire organization. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮,𝗩𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗮 , 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗲𝗻,𝗞𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗮 𝗷𝗶 ,𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗷𝗶,𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 Special shoutout to all our amazing volunteers we had few last minute cancelations still we were all able to prove our mettle as a team and did finish all their assigned tasks for our group.

Branch

Cary

March 24, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM

Durham Rescue Mission volunteering has been one of our core volunteering events over the past couple years and we have consistently been requested to come back and help. This time was like none other, and volunteers were asked to help serve meals to the men at the Men’s Campus. Durham Rescue Mission is NC’s oldest and largest non-profit homeless shelter. Volunteers were able to help with one of their core aspects of service which is serving meals for the homeless who take shelter at the Rescue Mission. We were able to commit to a great cause and help the homeless community right here in our own towns through this volunteering event at Durham Rescue Mission - Men’s Campus.

​

Seattle

December 11, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

On Saturday, December 11, VT Seva youth and adult volunteers packaged holiday cards for the homeless as part of the DESC support program. DESC is a Seattle based organization that works to provide housing, emotional and healthcare support to the homeless people in Seattle. As an organization, they not only provide a house for stability but also provide mental health support, substance use support and financial support. To help DESC in their inspiring initiative, VT Seva Seattle volunteers packaged 1000 holiday cards that consisted of handmade cards and a gift card. These holiday cards are very significant for each and every person receiving them as it may be the only gift they receive during the holiday season.

​

Dallas

August 19, 2022 at 12:00:00 AM

On the occasion of Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, VT Seva Dallas took part in the 45th showcase of Anand Bazaar conducted by the India Association of North Texas. We set up several booths to spread the word about our organization, including community service opportunities, our goals and ongoing/upcoming projects. We are happy to announce that out of more than 2000 people who visited our booths, we got more than 215 people who registered to be a part of the organization. We will be reaching out to all of them in the next couple of weeks and look forward to engaging them.

Branch

Seattle

August 11, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM

On August 11, VT Seva Seattle team came together at OSL for a meaningful food packing event. With dedicated volunteers and a spirit of service, we packed meals for those in need. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this event a success! Let’s continue to support those in need and spread kindness.

​

Atlanta

April 14, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM

Atlanta VT Seva April cool plant project was a grand success for the third year in a row. Vt seva youth successfully raised funds for the education of blind children/visually challenged children in India. The sale event took place in front of the Indian grocery store, Patel Brothers on 15th and 16th April from 10am to 2pm. Around 60 VT youth volunteers and 40 adult volunteers participated. Youth explained the cause and sold various vegetable saplings, herbs, fruits, flower plants and seeds to the customers. The vegetable saplings were grown by the youth for 4-6 weeks.The vegetable saplings included tomato, eggplant, peppers, gourds (bottle, ridge, bitter, and snake) green chillies, cucumber, zucchini, chikkudu/papdi beans, long beans, ash gourd, chukka kura, dosakaya, and bathua etc. Fruit plants like strawberry and blackberry were sold. Different kinds of herbs like ajwain, mint, curryleaf, lemon grass, betel leaf, tulsi and basil were sold by the youth. Flower plants like canna lillies, hybiscus, other lillies, and chrysanthemums were also sold. Youth also sold some ornamental plants like pothos, monstera and tradescantia. Some vegetable seeds were sold in this sale event too. Several sponsors came forward and donated this year. It was really exciting to see community actively participate in this event and donate for the cause, raising money for the education of visually challenged/blind children in India.

​

Cary

January 31, 2020 at 12:00:00 AM

VT Seva, Cary kids Volunteered at New Hill, NC for the FSSERIES organised Race event on February 1st Saturday 2020.

Branch

Virginia

July 10, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM

VT Seva Virginia medical youth board and environmental youth created the Wild Fires in New Mexico. So far, we have about 18 views on Spotify. The podcasts were published under the name ‘The VT Seva Show’

​

Detroit

July 30, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

In the early Spring of 2021, VT Seva Detroit started off a brand new Project – ‘SOW A SEED EDUCATE A CHILD’ with a vision to encourage every volunteer, be it Youth or Adults, to bring the Gardener within them out of the deep slumber of the pandemic year and spend some time outdoors planting seeds, nurturing them and in turn contribute towards a great cause of helping the Tribal & Nethra Vidyalaya School Children in their education. We had a great response from 19 Youth Volunteers who registered to take part in this eco-conscious project. The parents and adult volunteers were equally enthusiastic about this project. We had a fantastic kick-off meeting on the 11th of April 2021 to plan about the different kinds of seeds that we were planning to sow, the finer details of starter kits, types of soils, tools, watering cycles, sunlight vs. grow light, and how to care for the saplings when the weather is still cold. The plan was to get fast-growing and most saleable plants such as Squash, Beans, Okra, Cucumbers, Peas, Eggplant and Tulsi. All the seeds were pre-planted in starter kits before they were distributed to the participants. Once the seeds started germinating and saplings started turning up under the indoor grow light conditions, they were picked up by the participants and nurtured in their homes. During our 3 subsequent meetings, the Youth participants eagerly showed the growth of their plants on a regular basis and were really excited to take the next steps of selling them to raise money for the cause. Youth volunteers encouraged by their parents, did an AMAZING JOB in marketing their plants to their neighbors, teachers, friends and family members explaining about the great cause of this project and how all the proceeds from the sale of plants would go directly to towards the education of visually challenged children of Nethra Vidyalaya and Tribal Schools. Almost all the plants were sold except for few that did not survive. At the conclusion of this project in June, our 19 participants raised over $600.00 by selling their plants as a part of this unique hands-on project. This was quite a learning experience for everyone. Youth and Adults enjoyed every bit of this project and are eager to grow more plants in their backyards. The Youth Volunteers wanted to express their experience through a quick video blog. https://youtu.be/AqzsjEECu54

​

Detroit

August 21, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM

𝗩𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗞𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗞𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮 𝗕𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 $𝟲82 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀🙏 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 ( 𝟬𝟴/𝟮𝟮/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭) 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝗽𝗺. 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. Our youth volunteers and adult volunteers were on fire throughout their shift slots reaching out to all customers, distributed the flyers, spoke about VT Seva Detroit and explained the reason behind this food drive . They were spot on with their impeccable customer friendly skills and approach. We did see few people not so responsive towards their efforts but they never gave up, continued to do volunteering with same energy and smile. We sincerely thank each one of these wonderful amazing Youth and Adult volunteers who participated today 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗦𝗮𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶, 𝗦𝗮𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗿𝗮, 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶, 𝗛𝗶𝗯𝗮, 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗵, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘃 𝗠, 𝗗𝗵𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗶, 𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 ,𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗶, 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗶, 𝗡𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗷𝗶 , 𝗭𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗷𝗶, 𝗩𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗷𝗶, 𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗶, 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗷𝗶, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗷𝗶 , 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗷𝗶, 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 Amazing help by Brijesh ji, Suresh, Zahara ji, Raghunath ji , Asha ji in making boxes, sorting, packing, loading , unloading boxes Amazing help by our Srinath ji , Srivardhan ji , Nivedhita ji, Vamshi ji in making boxes, sorting, packing during the morning hours till noon Special shoutout to Asha ji for going home inbetween of her shift volunteering at 4 pm to make some masala tea for adult volunteers and for treating our youth volunteers with lemonade, cakes at the end. 𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿. Denis appreciation words below that was sent in her email for VT Seva Detroit Volunteers who did this food drive 🙏 'Thanks so much to you and all of VT Seva Detroit! You all make such a difference in our community. We very much appreciate the wonderful support we receive from VT Seva Detroit – you all have been such longtime and wonderful supporters! Thank you for organizing a food drive to benefit Gleaners' Denise M. Leduc Director of Volunteer Services & Partner Support Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan We delivered 7 food boxes to Gleaners Food bank and 5 Food boxes to Capuchin Soup Kitchen at Detroit. We also donated all the moneytary donations $682 to Gleaners Food bank. We are looking forward to do such food drives next year as well with the help of Kroger stores.

​

Bay Area

January 25, 2020 at 12:00:00 AM

VT Seva as part of Environmental Protection collaborated with Fremont Environmental program to clean the conservation park near Paseo Padre pkwy. 16 volunteers participated and planted saplings, helped with mulching, cleaned the weeds and uprooted dead trees.